Annie Scalcini

Anna  Scalcini, fair complexioned, brown haired, brown eyed, 5‘5“ ,was the cousin of Nonno and grew up in the same small village in the mountains of Italy as he did. Like her cousin, at age 19, decided to come to America. Sailing out of the Port of Genoa, Italy on the ship Pesaro, Anna arrived in New York City on January 4, 1921. She traveled on to San Francisco to stay with another cousin, Antonio Cortano who lived at 2661 22nd St. Here she met up with another countryman from Sondrio, Michele Adelino  (called Mike) Delnero. He had emigrated earlier, leaving Sondrio from the Port of Le Havre, France on the ship La Gasgoyne, arriving on January 21, 1907. He and his two brothers Rocco, 22 and Pompilio 16, headed to the Sacramento area. Soon after Annie’s arrival she married Mike. Mike was a cook and Annie a waitress during their San Francisco days. They moved from San Francisco, living in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, eventually retiring to Castro Valley, California. (By coincidense Christopher’s first babysitter in Castro Valley lived across the street from Annie and Mike.) Mike died in Jun of 1980 at age 90 and Annie died 14 years later on October 3, 1994 at age 92.